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Chapter 603. Are you right, Oedipus? (603K chapter)

“Please stop.”

As he continued to climb upwards, Mo Hao suddenly heard a voice.

Reason was telling him that he should just keep moving forward and not stop.

At this time, the words that asked people to stay in this place automatically changed into "Fellow Daoist, please stay" in Mo Hao's mind.

No matter how you look at it, this is the beginning of something very bad.

But Mo Hao actually stopped and looked in the direction of the sound.

She is a goddess, and it is impossible for a mortal to appear on Mount Olympus.

Moreover, Mo Hao could tell at a glance which god appeared in front of him.

Every inch of the golden armor glows with divine light. The golden feathers on both sides of the wing-shaped crown stretch diagonally backward. The sapphire in the center is like a crystal formed by the collapse of the universe, reflecting the paths of billions of stars.

The long purple hair fluttered silently in the divine power, with tiny golden light particles entangled between the hair, as if the Milky Way was falling down to the earth.

The breastplate closely follows the lines of ancient Greek sculptures. The relief of Nike, the goddess of victory, protrudes from the heart. The spear and shield held in both hands are clearly outlined by gilded patterns.

The layers of her battle skirts were like the draperies of the Parthenon, and when the armor plates collided, they made an ethereal echo like the movement of stars.

The arc of the shoulder armor converges like a swan's neck, and the light golden light seeping from the edges interweaves into a huge halo behind it. The symbols of the twelve zodiac signs flicker in it, and the faint light of the eighty-eight constellations is suspended like dust on the periphery of the halo.

She held a scepter in her right hand, and the tip of the golden spear wrapped with olive leaves was dripping with liquid light that purified the darkness. The shadow of the Aegis Shield occasionally appeared in front of her left arm, and the snake hair on Medusa's head would suddenly open thousands of scarlet pupils when the divine power surged.

There was no need to introduce himself. The moment he saw her, Mo Hao realized which goddess was standing in front of him.

Goddess of wisdom, victory, Athena.

And it's the Saint Seiya version of Athena.

The moment he saw the other party, Mo Hao even subconsciously looked around, worried that twelve muscular men wearing golden armor would suddenly appear around him and perform Athena's Wonder x4 on him.

"Are you the next opponent, Athena? Where's your Saint Seiya? Didn't you bring him with you?"

At this moment, Mo Hao was secretly thinking in his heart, did the big bald guy use his memory as the blueprint for this experiment, or did Kratos become a otaku after reconciling with him and becoming the God of Hope.

There are so many elements in this Mount Olympus that it is almost tragic.

As for the question of whether the great destroyer of Greek mythology, the current god of hope, will become a otaku...

If Mo Hao remembered correctly, the last similar person was a guy who appeared to be a cold-blooded killer but was actually a senior otaku and ran to the moon to write big words.

"Please calm down. I'm not here to fight with you."

The scepter and shield in the hands of the Goddess of Wisdom fell away, but the armor on her body was still worn. "I'm sorry, because you are so powerful, I can't take off the armor. I hope you can understand."

Throwing away weapons and shields meant that he had no hostile intentions, but still wearing the sacred cloth was simply to save his life.

Athena had witnessed how Mo Hao killed three powerful gods: the God of War, the God of Poseidon, and Hercules.

She was also very clear that without the protection of the sacred garment, given the distance between the two sides, the life of the Goddess of Wisdom would be shattered by Mo Hao in just a moment.

Mo Hao narrowed his eyes slightly, trying to estimate in his mind whether he could suddenly attack and tear Athena's sacred clothes and her life to pieces.

But after feeling the immense power of the sacred garment, Mo Hao rationally gave up this idea.
If I really launch a sudden attack, the probability of me killing the opponent is less than 20%.

This probability is obviously too low. If the success rate is more than 50%, Mo Hao will take the risk and give it a try.

The extremely low success rate also made Mo Hao want to listen to what Athena had to say.

"Well, tell me what you want to say now. I'm in a hurry to climb up to the Pantheon." He tilted his head and looked at the purple-haired goddess. "Of course, if you're willing to fight me while you talk, I don't mind."

If this is the case, how much Mo Hao can listen to depends on Athena's own strength.

Mo Hao could sense that the strength of this goddess of victory was probably even greater than that of Ares and Poseidon.

In other words, among the twelve main gods of Olympus, perhaps only the king of gods Zeus can suppress the goddess of victory.

After all, before Athena was born, she had the potential to become the fourth generation of gods.

But now it seems that, whether from the perspective of orthodox Greek mythology or from other aspects, the position of the fourth generation of God King is basically a delusion for her.

"My wisdom tells me that this world, and we who live in it, do not really exist."

An owl appeared on Athena's shoulder, its eyes sharp enough to see through the darkness and reveal the truth.

Even Mo Hao was surprised by what Athena said, "She is worthy of being the goddess of wisdom."

There was no need to ask how the other party discovered the clue. After Athena discovered this fact, it was Mo Hao's turn to feel curious.

I wonder what this goddess of wisdom is going to do next.

"So... do you want to form an alliance?"

Athena's divine power formed a barrier to prevent other gods from seeing her at this time and place. Her power was enough to block the sight of the twelve main gods.

Mo Hao did not answer immediately, but looked up at the top of the mountain, "Is it really okay for you to tell me about the alliance under your father's nose?"

When Athena asked whether they wanted to form an alliance, Mo Hao knew who this filial daughter was going to deal with without even having to guess.

The succession of gods and kings in Greek mythology depends on the kindness of fathers and the filial piety of sons.

Not to mention that according to legend, the old pervert Zeus even once thought of Athena as his ghost father, although this kind of thing is really nothing in Greek mythology.

You're right, aren't you? Oedipus.

Mo Hao had no doubt that Athena had the ability to block the eyes of other gods, but he was very sure that Zeus was not among them.

Judging from the gods he had encountered, the enhancement Zeus had received was probably at a crushing level.

He even suspected that when Athena asked about the alliance, Zeus was watching and sneering.

Athena shook her head slightly. "Don't worry about that. I have communicated with Father God before I left. If he doesn't turn his gaze here before I leave, I will help him find something."

"What are you looking for?"

Mo Hao was curious, was there anything else that Zeus couldn't find?
But Athena did not answer this question because she did not know how to explain it.

What she wanted to help Zeus find was something that Mo Hao himself didn't know, the database that was mysteriously linked to his mouth.

In fact, it was not Athena who took the initiative to propose this deal, but when Zeus saw that Athena was about to leave the Pantheon, he secretly gave the goddess of wisdom a message. From the time the goddess of wisdom left the Pantheon until the defeat appeared, Zeus would not cast his eyes on her.

No matter what plans or intentions you have, you can implement them.

But Zeus also had a request. He asked the goddess of wisdom to use her wisdom to find something.

Something that even the goddess of wisdom doesn't quite understand.

"Those guys with the surname Mo all have a database that is only connected to their mouths. Find a way to find it, or let that guy offer his mouth as a sacrifice."

The above are Zeus’ original words.

Although she didn't quite understand what this meant, the Goddess of Wisdom agreed to this request.

After all, in Mount Olympus, it is simply impossible to hide from Zeus's eyes, unless Zeus takes the initiative to look away.

Mo Hao did not agree or refuse, but asked first, "I have a question, why do you want to form an alliance, and what do you want to do after the alliance?"

"Because this place is not real, I really want to try to rebel against the God King and see what the success rate is."

Athena smiled. "If it were true, I wouldn't dare to have such an idea without the certainty of victory. However, this world is not real, but a trial caused by you. Then I have a strong urge to rebel against my father."

This is a very unique way of birth among the gods. He was born from Zeus's head split open by the god of fire with an axe, and his mother, the ocean goddess Metis, disappeared without a trace.

To say that Athena had no thoughts of filial piety would be a complete lie.

"Girl, based on my understanding of your mythology, if you fail, Zeus might play some tricks on you."

"So it's even more important to win, isn't it?" Athena narrowed her eyes slightly and asked in a questioning tone, "Or are you afraid?"

It's an extremely obvious provocation, so obvious that there's not even a hint of disguise, as if I'm telling you directly that I'm going to provoke you.

But Mo Hao really couldn't stand hearing such words, and couldn't stand such anger.

"You'd better pray that I beat up your father, or that after your father beats me up, this world will disappear."

"otherwise……"

Mo Hao scanned Athena from head to toe, "Hehe."

No further words were spoken, but the threat was actually conveyed.

Mo Hao was too lazy to engage in verbal confrontation and asked directly, "Just tell me what you want me to do. If it's simple, I'll help you. If it's troublesome, I'll just go ahead and kill you as planned."

The trial given by Kratos is obviously a Roguelike mode. Although he doesn't mind the appearance of other elements, if it is too troublesome, it is better to kill them one by one.

“It’s simple to do.”

Athena stretched out her white finger, pointed it at her face and said, "Come on, defeat me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Mo Hao instantly burst out with a huge force that could create the sky. His punch shattered the void, and earth, wind, water, and fire surged out. Matter was eliminated, energy was annihilated, space was shattered, time was distorted, and it directly and violently hit Athena's sacred clothes.

The power of this attack was so strong that even the divine armor could not completely resist it. The god's armor was torn apart in an instant, and the goddess of wisdom bled from all seven orifices. The blood spilled into the sky and no one knew where it went.

"I've never heard of such a unique request. With this level of power, you shouldn't be able to die, right?"

At the last moment, Mo Hao did not burst out with all his strength, but consciously restrained some of his strength, so that the injuries of the Goddess of Wisdom were not so serious that she was unable to move.

Mo Hao had thought about bursting out with all his strength and killing the Goddess of Wisdom here, but he finally gave up the idea.

Because he could feel that with the protection of the sacred cloth, the greatest result of Mo Hao's attack would be to seriously injure Athena, but not to kill her with one blow.

He didn't believe that the goddess of wisdom had no backup plan.

Mo Hao did not have much trust in the Goddess of Wisdom, but he did not reject Athena's proposal for an alliance.

Because if the alliance is true, then he will have some help when he faces Zeus in the end.

Judging from the strength shown by Poseidon, the god of the sea, he really couldn't be sure how strong Zeus was.

But if it was fake, and Athena, who had taken his blow head-on, dared to appear in front of him, the only outcome would be death.

After waiting there for nearly an hour and finding that no one came to find him, Mo Hao continued to climb up.

Mount Olympus looks extremely tall from the outside, but when you actually start climbing, you will find that this mountain is actually much larger than it appears from the outside.

Mount Olympus itself is an extremely huge plane. Mo Hao suspects that it is not even a half-plane, but a main plane.

As he continued to move forward, Mo Hao suddenly heard some knocking sounds. He followed the sound and a door suddenly appeared in front of him.

The door was ajar, and a very pleasant fragrance came from the gap.

When I pushed the door open and walked in, the first thing I saw was an extremely huge bed, with a beautiful woman lying on the bed.

A goddess.

Just looking at each other, any descriptive words in the mind will be instantly forgotten, and the only feeling left is the word "beauty".

"Oh, it's a little slower than I thought."

The goddess stood straight with the quilt sliding off her shoulders. It could be seen that the body under the quilt was naked.

"But it's better to go slower. After all, being fast is not a good thing."

The eyes of the goddess are like hooking chains that make people forget everything and never hear any words except her voice.

Mo Hao felt like being struck by lightning just by looking at those eyes.

Aphrodite.

Goddess of love and beauty.

"So, the warriors who tried to climb Mount Olympus."

Aphrodite's voice was like poisonous honey. Even though it was poisonous, it made people pursue the sweetness of that moment. "Are you interested in climbing a steeper mountain?"

The lustful temptation is inviting Mo Hao.

At the same time, the continuous and regular knocking sounds gradually stopped, and there was no longer the regular rhythm as before.

(End of this chapter)